Turn About

Tad, the pilot of this fighter, had just engaged the enemy Creons with his squadron. They had done well. The Creons had lost 5 fighter ships and his squadron had lost one.

The pilot of the craft that was lost had been a good friend of Tad's. They had drank wine together and shared laughter. His name had been Busi and he was a good man. He would be missed.

Suddenly, Tad's sensors picked up a lone enemy craft just ahead. How is it that this craft had not been detected before? The craft continued on a course right towards Tad. Tad had thought that all the enemy craft had either been destroyed or had fled.

Tad informed the Squadron leader that he would take care of this enemy craft and prepared for battle. The enemy craft was starting to close in but Tad knew that the weapons on his craft had a slightly longer range.

The enemy craft was finally in range and Tad fired. There was a flash and Tad noticed smoke coming from the side of the craft, but the craft continued on it's course towards Tad.

Suddenly, the weapons of the enemy craft fired and he felt his craft shudder. Tad looked at his guages and noticed that he was losing fuel. The enemy craft now turned and was attempting to move away.

"Come back here! I will not let you get off that easy!" Tad cried out.

Tad continued to pursue the enemy craft and was able to get close enough to fire. Tad, who fired his primary weapon, watched as the enemy craft burst into flame and the enemy pilot eject the escape pod. The pod shot out and the craft plunged into the ground below and exploded.

Tad closed in on the pod as it deployed it's parachute and fired. The pod burst into flame and plunged to the ground. After all, He did have orders to eliminate any survivors from headquarters.

Suddenly, there was a strange flash. Tad noticed that the fuel in his craft had run out and there was now smoke coming from his craft. Tad's craft was plunging towards the ground at an alarming rate.

Tad ejected his escape pod, which moved away from his craft as it plunged into the ground. In the distance, Tad could make out an object moving towards him.

Tad looked at the reflection of himself in the glass of the canopy. The face that looked back at him was not his! The insignia that he observed on the front panel was that of his enemy. "How could this be?" Tad wondered.

Tad looked at the object that was approaching, that it was a friendly craft, and felt relieved.

Tad suddenly noticed that the craft that was approaching had the same identification number as his, and began to sweat, as he now knew that the craft was coming for him.

Tad could see the pilot's face as it came near. It was his own and it had an evil smile.

Suddenly there was an explosion and it was all over. Tad's pod plunged into the ground.

At squadron headquarters, news had got out that Tad's fighter had crashed after running out of fuel. The escape pod had malfunctioned and Tad had been killed. Tad would be missed.

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